In May, 2011 over one hundred remarkable women from around the world met in Montebello, Canada to develop strategies to stop the use of rape as a weapon in conflict situations. The discussions were rich, the stories shared were intense, and the strategies discussed were diverse and concrete. Nobel Women’s Initiative has published a report detailing the flavour of those discussions and ‘next steps’ to advance the movement to end the scourge of sexual violence in conflict.

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Since the conference the Nobel Women’s Initiative has joined with organizations around the world to lead the new International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict. To learn more, or join or endorse the campaign, visit stoprapeinconflict.org.